California earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 16 km W of Macdoel, California

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 16 km W of Macdoel, California on Wed, Aug 11, 1982, 6:11 PM PDT (01:11 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 22 km ESE of Tennant, California. This one was a foreshock.

Montague forecastMore in California

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (md), minor
Local time
UTC
1982-08-12 01:11:58 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.806° N, 122.196° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.7 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
285°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.018 km N of Big Bend, California · 16117 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.615 km NNE of McCloud, California · 16109 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.710 km E of Lakehead, California · 16106 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.222 km ESE of Tennant, California · 16101 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.028 km NW of McArthur, California · 16098 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.617 km WSW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 16090 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.026 km E of Tennant, California · 16086 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.128 km E of Tennant, California · 16080 days ago · -1 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.717 km WNW of McArthur, California · 16067 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.37 km WSW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 16063 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.110 km NNE of McCloud, California · 16058 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 2.615 km W of Mount Hebron, California · 16117 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.815 km W of Mount Hebron, California · 16117 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.48 km SSW of Mount Hebron, California · 16125 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.813 km SSE of Dorris, California · 16125 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.713 km N of McCloud, California · 16139 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.611 km N of McCloud, California · 16139 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.819 km ENE of McCloud, California · 16139 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.012 km N of McCloud, California · 16139 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.810 km NNE of Mount Shasta, California · 16139 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.019 km ESE of McCloud, California · 16141 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away

Earthquakes todayCalifornia earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1077370. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:07 PM UTC.